World War One Concepts

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Across
  1. 2. endless warfare fought with the hope of eventually grinding down your enemy through casualties
  2. 7. a large luxury passenger ship that was sunk by a German submarine -over 1,000 passengers were killed
  3. 8. units in the British army that grouped men based on regional enlistment
  4. 10. the extremely dangerous area between opposing trenches
  5. 11. the region of fighting that took place in Western Europe between the central powers and the triple Entente
  6. 13. the alliance between the Russians, the French and British
  7. 14. the Serbian terrorist group that carried out the assassination
  8. 15. the British naval tactic used to starve out Germany
  9. 16. Germany's foolish promise of support to Austria
  10. 18. were large and heavily armored battleships: part of the pre-war arms race
Down
  1. 1. a geographical region in Southeast Europe that includes countries such as Bulgaria and Serbia
  2. 3. the agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy
  3. 4. a type of land warfare where each side digs long lines of trenches for protection
  4. 5. an unwinnable problem
  5. 6. the reckless German King
  6. 9. Germany's plan to invade France through Belgium
  7. 12. a new weapon designed to solve the problem of trench warfare
  8. 17. a geographical region of the German Empire that included northern Germany and Poland